December 2011
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My E-Reader, My Self
I have to admit that I’ve been a fierce luddite when it comes to the idea of E-books. For me, books are a physical thing, an object of beauty. They’re tailsmanic objects with their own energy. I got an e-reader for my birthday. It was a lovely, thoughtful gift, something I’ve been expecting ever since they were released. It was also, in a way, something I had been dreading a bit....
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Surprisingly, I am less sure than this guy on...
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A gentleman named Farhad Manjoo just posted a proudly contrarian article on Slate explaining why independent bookstores are not only irrelevent but maybe even harmful. I work at an independent bookstore, so that’s an argument I’d be very very curious to see made well. Honestly, I know the failings of small booksellers as well as anyone, and it’d be good to see them articulated. But...
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More William Kennedy (legends of cinema gossip!)
It’s really fun talking about the movies with William Kennedy. Couldn’t fit it in the piece, however, since this was the part of the interview where I talked a lot about articles and ephemera from Riding the Yellow Trolley Car, a greatest-hits journalism compilation that plays, in its own way, as a fascinating autobiography of a writer. William Kennedy: “Ingmar Bergman thought...